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Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies

Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies is a research topic within Organic Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 4.7k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis and properties of a wide variety of heterocyclic compounds, including iminofurans, ketenes, and their rearrangements. It also explores the biological and antioxidant activities of these compounds, as well as their cycloaddition reactions and thermolysis behavior.

  • Heterocyclic Chemistry
  • Synthesis
  • Properties
  • Iminofurans
  • Ketenes
  • Rearrangements
  • Antioxidant Activity
  • Biological Activity
  • Cycloaddition Reactions
  • Thermolysis
Research works
4.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
463
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies

Which countries lead Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies research?

By volume, Russia and India publish the most (109 and 59 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 109 works
  2. 2 India 59 works
  3. 3 United States 20 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 17 works
  5. 5 Iraq 13 works
  6. 6 Uzbekistan 12 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 12 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 12 works
  9. 9 China 11 works
  10. 10 Brazil 9 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 39.9%India: 21.4%United States: 7.4%Ukraine: 6.3%6 others listed: 25.0%40%largest
Russia109 · 39.9%India59 · 21.4%United States20 · 7.4%Ukraine17 · 6.3%6 others listed68 · 25.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies research, followed by Perm State University and Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy.

Who are the leading researchers in Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies include Abdullah Mohamed Asiri and Tobin Jay Marks.

  1. 1 Abdullah Mohamed Asiri Saudi Arabia 140k citations
  2. 2 Tobin Jay Marks United States 132k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies?

The most cited paper in Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies is "Hyper-Rayleigh scattering in solution" (Koen Clays, Andre P. Persoons, 1991), with 1,016 citations. Next come "ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF THE COENZYME A DERIVATIVES OF LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS" (657) and "Selective inhibition of receptor-coupled phospholipase C-dependent processes in human platelets and polymorphonuclear neutrophils." (634).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hyper-Rayleigh scattering in solution Koen Clays, Andre P. Persoons · Physical Review Letters 10 Jun 1991 1,016
2 ENZYMATIC SYNTHESIS OF THE COENZYME A DERIVATIVES OF LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS Arthur Kornberg, William E. Pricer · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Sep 1953 657
3 Selective inhibition of receptor-coupled phospholipase C-dependent processes in human platelets and polymorphonuclear neutrophils. John E. Bleasdale, Nirja Thakur, R S Gremban et al. · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Nov 1990 634
4 Problems in the comparison of theoretical and experimental hyperpolarizabilities Andrew Willetts, Julia E. Rice, Donald M. Burland et al. · The Journal of Chemical Physics 15 Nov 1992 632
5 Structural conformation and vibrational spectroscopic studies of 2,6‐bis( p ‐ N , N ‐dimethyl benzylidene)cyclohexanone using density functional theory C. James, Ambrose Amal Raj, R. Reghunathan et al. · Journal of Raman Spectroscopy 9 Jun 2006 508
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Where is Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies research done?

The largest centres of Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies research in 2022-now are Perm (Russia), Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Perm and Moscow.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 PermRussia 30 works
  2. 2 MoscowRussia 23 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 9 works
  4. 4 TashkentUzbekistan 7 works
  5. 5 UfaRussia 5 works
  6. 6 BakuAzerbaijan 5 works
  7. 7 ChennaiIndia 4 works
  8. 8 Kazan’Russia 4 works
  9. 9 BaghdadIraq 4 works
  10. 10 YerevanArmenia 4 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PermRU · 30.0 works551×
  2. MoscowRU · 22.9 works6.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Perm State Pharmaceutical Academy and Perm State University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Perm State Pharmaceutical AcademyRussia 44.95.9%5115.7×11 -0.4%
2Perm State UniversityRussia 40.05.4%1088.0×15 -36.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies, country by country

Is Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Chemical synthesis and pharmacological studies9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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